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Philipp Hildebrand
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Philipp Hildebrand is Vice Chairman of BlackRock, a member of the firm's Global Executive Committee, and Chairman of Multi-Asset Strategies (MAS). Philipp has served as a Senior Visiting Fellow at Oxford University's Blavatnik School of Government and he sits on the School's International Advisory Board. Until January 2012, he served as Chairman of the GoverningBoard of the Swiss National Bank (SNB). In that capacity, he was a Director of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the Swiss Governor of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and a member of the Financial Stability Board (FSB). In November 2011, the Leaders of the G20 appointed him Vice Chairman of the FSB.
Previously, Mr. Hildebrand served as Chief Investment Officer of a Swiss private bank and as a partner of Moore Capital Management in London. Between 2006 and 2009, he served as a member of the Strategic Committee of the French Debt Management Office. He began his professional career at the World Economic Forum in Geneva. In 2011, Mr. Hildebrand received the Central Banker of the Year, Europe Award from The Banker. Mr. Hildebrand is a member of the Group of Thirty and an Honorary Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford.
Mr. Hildebrand earned a BA from the University of Toronto in 1988, a Master's degree from the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva in 1990, and a DPhil from the University of Oxford in 1994.


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'Domestic suspense' is not a new genre, it's been around at least since WW 2 but lately there have been quite a few thrillers coming out in this category and the term has become more in vogue. I think 'psychological thriller' may also be correct but it wouldn't necessarily be set in the home.
Domestic suspense takes an ordinary marriage or family relationship and begins to reveal that all may not be well. Hairline cracks appear that reveal a darkness and the reader becomes aware that there is evil at work. A sinister reality begins to emerge. The terror lies in the fact that this is no random crime in a dark distant alley, this wicked situation finds itself right under your own roof and there is no escape!
I judge these types of books on three things, 1) good writing and character development, 2) the ability to build suspense, and 3) the inclusion of enticing twists and turns. It is usually skillful small reveals that best drive suspense, but a few gasp inducing surprises are just delicious in this type of work.
The publishers' hype of this novel (advertising blurbs, cover language) all lead one to believe that this is a domestic suspense novel along the lines of 'Gone Girl' by Gillian Flynn, but I don't think it is. The story did not build suspense and there were not enough compelling twists. The psychological element was very well explored, so I would call it more of a psychological study. The dog's name is Freud, so I guess that should have been my first clue. The story line is about a relationship that suffers for a number of reasons and at the outset you already know that she will kill him, you're just waiting to find out when and how. I did enjoy reading it, mostly because I felt fascinated by the behaviour of the main character Jodi when her "marriage" to philanderer Todd dissolves and things begin to fall apart. Her silence is the most chilling thing in the book. It contributes to her undoing, but also oddly to her pardon.
There are three other domestic suspense books I have posted on in recent years. Here are the links:
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson

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to an island retreat
to your backyard
to the beach
to a lake house
to the mountains
it doesn't matter where, just take some time for your-self this weekend!
I'm taking off for a few days for some much needed R+R, enjoy the long weekend. I'll be sure to do a July 4th post, as it's one of my favorite holidays!
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Children's Books from Around the World
All my life I have always had my nose in a good book. Here are my favorite children's books from around the world!
Eight Rules All Runners Should Know
1) Run Using The One or None Rule
We all love listening to the good cuts, especially when we are working out. I'm not gonna lie, I love it too! Here is the problem. You aren't aware. Especially, if you're running. When you have loud music blaring in your ears, you can't hear a potential attacker come up behind you and it also slows your reaction time. More over, what if there is a car, a curb, or a strange animal in your path. There are several reasons to pay attention. Don't tune out. If you want to listen to music, or in my case Audible books, use the 1 or None Rule! One earbud in, the other one out. If that's too hard, don't wear headphones.
2) Know your Routes (That's right, plural)
Why? If the wrong people know your routine, you are out at a disadvantage. If you know your routes, you know where to run if you find yourself in a bind. You know the possible pitfalls.
3) All the Worlds a Stage, All the Men & Women Merely Players
If dealing with an attacker & you're near people, you want an audience! The more people, the less likely that person is to attack, the more likely you are to get help! So start making a ruckus!
4) Fire! Fire!
What do you yell if someone is attacking you! If you are near a place that may have people, yell fire! It brings a crowd and camera phones! Everyone wants a picture of this crazy fire! Plus, you'll have evidence of the attack and can better ID your attacker.
5) Want A Shrubbery?
No! Try to stray away from running near shrubbery, hedges, trees, etc. Attackers may be lingering or lurking around.
6) Alarm!
There are Runner Personal Alarms that are heard up to 1000 ft. or a 300M range. There is one by Sabre on Amazon. Also use your voice as a tool if you should come in contact with an attacker! Speak with confidence, power, and eye contact! You can also use a rape whistle.
7) Follow the Light
It's important to go to well lit places! If you are running, try running in a well lit area. If someone is attacking you, run to a well lit location where you will be better visible to people who could help you!
8) A Person Is Only As Good As Their Weapon
Look around you for items you can use as weapons. Carry a key or keys with you when you are running so you can interlace them through your fingers if you need to. That way you will be able to use them on soft tissue on the body (especially the throat, eyes, etc.). Did you know it only takes 8-pounds of pressure to break someone's kneecap? Yep! And if you break someone's clavicle, they no longer have use of their arm. Hint, Hint, Wink, Wink.
9) Strength in Numbers
There is strength in numbers. If you want to run with friends, runners groups or a pet, all of these are helpful when wanting to stay safe. If you want to be the lone ranger, let people know where you are. Keep your phone on you and download an app which will allow friends or family to know where you are.
10) Run Tall and Stand Strong
It is important to remember to have shoulders back, head high, and be aware of your surroundings. Be a Force. Remember that predators are looking for an easy target.
11) Forget the Road Less Traveled
If you are running, stay on the path. Also vary up your path. If you have a stalker they may see that you have a set route, so have multiple options.
12) Know Some Moves
Learning self-defense is a skill that everyone should do. No one is above it, doesn't matter how big, strong, or fast you are. So look into local self-defense courses. Or go to my online self-defense course and get the runners discount HERE: www.udemy.com/warriorwomyn/?couponCode=RUNNINGWARRIORS
For more on runners safety visit: www.rrca.org
For Self-Defense Workshops or Individual Instruction, please contact Body In Balance at (808) 661-1116
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- Nimwghen → Fire"The "Mupo Revolutionary Historical Place" Was on Fire Yanji, China -- "The Mupo Revolutionary Historical Place," which claimed that the 'Kim Il Sung Juche Ideology' was conceived while Kim Jong Il was fishing on the spot in 1972, was completely destroyed in a forest fire which took place on the 3rd. An inside North Korean source said in a phone conversation with the Daily NK on the 27th, "'The Mupo Revolutionary Historical Place' was completely destroyed in a forest fire around 1p.m. on the 3rd. The blaze took place when the people who had been preparing for farming near the Historical Place lit fire to dry potato stems that were left behind from last year." "The Mupo Historical Place" is located in Mubong-gu in Samjiyeon County in Yangkang Province and Kim Il Sung had apparently enjoyed fishing trout there. The "Mupo Fishing Place," where Kim Jong Il conceived the idea of the "Kim Il Sung Juche Ideology" in 1972, and the 'Mupo Billet," where Kim Il Sung stayed during his guerilla activities, can be found. According to the source, only a few people, including the guards of the Historical Place, are residing on site and armed agents of the People's Safety Agency are known to be on 24-hour lookouts in the surrounding area. The source explained, however, "When the forest fire took place, a countless number of people were mobilized from the Samjiyeon town and Mubong Worker-District to extinguish the fire, but around 9pm, rain started coming down, which put out the fire." He continued, "Due to the blaze, the Yangkang Provincial Party held an Emergency Measure Meeting on the 5th and all factory enterprises and workers within the province were mobilized and ordered to clean up the site and carry out recovery projects, such as planting trees. From the 8th, people have been pulled from the Samjiyeon Country and Hyesan factories and enterprises to be sent to the Mupo Historical Place." He also revealed, "South Korean aid rice, which had been preserved as army rations, along with corn have been provided to the mobilized personnel." Officials of the Party were dismissed due to South Korean movies The source also said, "On March 27th, there was an 'Ideological Criticism Meeting" among the domestic party leaders in Samjiyeon County. At this meeting, the Propagandistic Department Chair, the Propagandistic Department Research Team Vice-Director, and the Propagandistic and Civilian Defense Department Advisors of the county party were dismissed." The origin of the incident has been attributed to the beating of a student by the son of the Propagandistic Department Research Team's Vice-Director and his friends. The parents of the harmed student visited the County Party and demanded an apology and compensation, but they retorted, "Who are you to visit us at your whim? This incident occurred because your son is not smart enough." The outraged parent immediately visited an official of the central Party who had visited Samjiyeon and reported that, "The children of cadres as well as the son of the research team's Vice-Director viewed several tens of copies of South Korean CDs after gathering his fellow classmates." The parent mentioned above also simultaneously showed their intention to report to the Anti-Socialist Inspection Group stationed in Yangang Province to prevent the Party official covering up the incident. As a result, the Party official could execute disciplinary action against the related parties without minimizing the incident. Further, with the incident to the central Party, the Central Prosecutor Office and the Anti-Socialist Inspection Unit instigated an in-depth investigation of Samjiyeon and verified the evidence that a significant number of cadres are possessing South Korean movie CDs or have viewed them. Among these who had been dismissed, children of five county party cadres were charged with circulating Korean CDs among their fellow classmates and organizing group viewings. The source said, "The Propagandistic Department cadres who have to relay the voice of the Party are the ones to have seen South Korean movies first. With the dismissal of the Propagandistic Department Director and the Research Team's Vice-Director as well as the Propagandistic Department managers, the county party Propagandistic Department has been shaken-up." The source relayed, "The dismissed party cadres were all kicked out of the party and were driven to the Potae Collective Farm and the Rimyungsu Mountain. Due to the charges of circulating South Korean movies and CDs, the daughter of the Propagandistic Department Chair, who was a manager to the Samjiyeon Students' and Children's Palace, and of the new Assistant-Chief and a clerk of the Samjiyeon Billet were sentenced to the "Labor Training Corps" after turning 17."
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From former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to Republican presidential candidates Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich, this week's "Weekend Update" on "Saturday Night Live" was all about the Republicans.
The big political get of the evening was "Sarah Palin," her triumphant return to "SNL" timed to the release of HBO's Palin biopic "Game Change."
But if Palin seemed a bit off, it's probably because it wasn't Tina Fey reprising the role of the former Alaska governor — it was Andy Samberg, filling in for a "sick" Fey.
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Although he didn't quite nail the impressions — saying "You gotcha" instead of "You betcha," and blinking rather than winking — Samberg got laughs for poking fun at the former Alaskan governor's penchant for writing crib notes on her hand.
Also during "Weekend Update," Meyers touched on the Kansas caucus, where Rick Santorum was the apparent winner, NBC News declared.
"Santorum won the Kansas caucuses, beating Romney by 30 percent," Meyers said. "He was expected to do well there, because it's also a giant square."
Meyers also poked fun at Newt Gingrich for likening himself to a tortoise.
"Newt Gingrich vowed to continue his campaign, saying 'I'm the tortoise, I take it one step at a time,'" Meyers said. "'Also, if you roll me onto my back, I can never get up.'"


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Carrigan O'Malley has always known her arranged marriage would be more about power and prestige than passion. But after one taste of the hard-bodied, whiskey-voiced James Halloran, she's ruined for anyone else. Too bad James and his family are enemy number 1.
Hallorans vs. O'Malleys — that's how it's always been. James should be thinking more about how to expand his family's empire instead of how silky Carrigan's skin is against his and how he can next get her into his bed. Those are dangerous thoughts. But not nearly as dangerous as he'll be if he can't get what he wants: Carrigan by his side for the rest of their lives.
So she's done it again - Robert has brought sexiness to life with her words. We got to see how well James and Carrigan fit when they hooked up during The Marriage Contract - although there's something kind of weird about them continuing to hook up after what James did to her in that book but I'm not going to spoiler it too much in case you haven't read it.
To be fair, Carrigan tried to avoid James while James tried to find her. The last thing she wants is to see him but when they finally meet back up, she has feelings for him and that's just a bit weird - she should hate his guts ..... no matter how hot he is.
Still, they make a good couple and bring things out of each other that nobody else ever would. Of course, they have to sneak around behind their families and one of Carrigan's brother turns into a bt of a douche near the end of the book - I didn't like him. There's definitely lots of sexy times in this book but also a lot of very sweet moments that obviously make you route for the two of them.
There's some set up for another O'Malley sibling but I don't know if he's actually the next in the series but I hope he is because I liked how his character was growing in this. (edit: I read the synopsis after I wrote this and it is him so I'm looking forward to that.)
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She headed for her favorite booth, but drew up short when she saw that it was occupied. Her brain took precious seconds to catch up to her eyes. There he was, the asshole, sitting in her booth with his legs stretched out in front of him, wearing those jeans that hugged his ass and thighs and a smug smirk, with his arms stretched out across the back of the booth. Challenging her.
In case she missed all that written all over his face, there were two drinks in front of him — a beer and, if she didn't miss her guess, a dirty martini. Her preferred drink. How the hell did he even know that?
Oh yes, this was a challenge all right.
Every intelligent cell in her brain demanded she turn around and walk away. Run away. But then the bastard raised an eyebrow, as if daring her to sit down and drink with him, and she threw common sense right out the window. Carrigan strode across the distance separating them, putting a little more swing into her step and smiling to herself when his gaze tracked the movement. Album or not, tangled history or no, he wanted her.
And she wasn't above using that against him.
"Two nights in a row. I must have pissed off Lady Luck somehow." She sank onto the cushioned seat across the small table from him. The bartender appeared half a second later, and Carrigan smiled sweetly at her. "A dirty martini, please."
The woman looked at the table, looked back at her, and shrugged. "Sure thing."
If anything James just seemed more amused. "Too good for my drinks?"
"I'm not stupid enough to take a drink I've left unattended ... and I've never laid eyes on this one until I got here. Party Girl 101."
"Now, lovely, why would I need to drug you? You came here of your own free will, just like I knew you would." He leaned forward and propped his elbows on his knees, drawing her gaze to the way his black T-shirt clung to his shoulders and how his dangling hands seemed designed to frame the bulge between his legs.
Her body zinged to life in a way it hadn't in months. It was all too easy to take a walk down memory lane and feel him lifting her against that wall and shoving his cock home, growling filthy words in her ear in that same tone of voice he was using now.
She held his gaze even though all she wanted to do was look away. James wasn't pretty. He was far too masculine for that. The first time she'd seen him, she thought he'd look perfectly at home on the back of a Harley, and that perception hadn't changed with time. Everything about him screamed danger in a way she wasn't used to. The men in her family were dangerous — there was no doubt of that — but it was a polished danger. James's wasn't. He was gritty and primal and ... She really needed to stop. Right now. "I wouldn't put anything past you at this point."
"You wound me."
"You kidnapped me. I'd say we're nowhere near even." Something she had to keep reminding herself, though the fact she kept forgetting annoyed the hell out of her. Only a weak woman would get all aflutter over a man who obviously meant her harm. A weak woman or one with a death wish.
Carrigan wasn't either.
Meet the O'Malley family in book one of the O'Malley series, The Marriage Contract.
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Get to know another O'Malley sibling - Cillian O'Malley
Greed. Ambition. Violence. Those are the "values" Olivia Rashidi learned from her Russian mob family - and the values she must leave behind for the sake of her daughter. When she meets Cillian O'Malley, she recognises the red flag of his family name ... yet she still can't stop herself from seeing the smoldering, tortured man. To save her family, Olivia sets out to discover Cillian's own secrets, but the real revelation is how fast - and how hard - she's falling for him.
Plagued by a violent past, Cillian is more vulnerable than anyone realises. Anyone except Olivia, whose beauty, compassion, and pride have him at "hello," even if she's more inclined to say good-bye to an O'Malley. While his proposal of sex with no strings seems simple, what he feels for her isn't, especially after he learns that she belongs to a rival crime family. Cillian knows that there is no escape from the life, but Olivia may be worth trying-and dying-for ...
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New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Katee Robert learned to tell her stories at her grandpa's knee. She found romance novels at age twelve and it changed her life. When not writing sexy contemporary and speculative fiction romance novels, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her wee ones, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse.
New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Katee Robert learned to tell her stories at her grandpa's knee. She found romance novels at age twelve and it changed her life. When not writing sexy contemporary and speculative fiction romance novels, she spends her time playing imaginary games with her wee ones, driving her husband batty with what-if questions, and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse.
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text: "Why must you wring your hands to ask for credit? Be bold to ask and it is your right. See how bold I am to give you the money you ask for. I don't wring my hands to charge you 35 %. Why am I bold? I ask what I am sure to get. It is my right." Shylock of the Wall Street


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(LOS ANGELES TIMES) — O.J. Simpson, serving a 33-year sentence for kidnapping and armed robbery at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Nevada, had a problem many people had earlier this month: How to throw the best Super Bowl party.
According to the New York Post, Simpson held a Super Bowl party in his cell on the day of the big game because he had the one thing that any good Super Bowl party requires: A TV.
"If you have the money, you can buy a TV at the inmate store and put it in your cell," Simpson's friend, Norman Pardo, told the Post. "There was no shortage of potential guests because he's so popular. He's like the Godfather of the prison now."
So a dozen or so of Simpson's closest prisoner buddies crammed into his 80-square-foot cell to watch.
Can you shape a chicken wing into the shape of a key and escape? Hide a file in pizza? Turn nacho cheese sauce into an explosive? Since Simpson is still in prison, probably not.


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Dr. Sarah Halifax decoded the first-ever radio transmission received from aliens. Thirty-eight years later, a second message is received and Sarah, now eighty-seven, may hold the key to deciphering this one, too, if she lives long enough. A wealthy industrialist offers to pay for Sarah to have a rollback a hugely expensive experimental rejuvenation procedure. She accepts on condition that Don, her husband of sixty years, gets a rollback, too. The process works for Don, making him physically twenty-five again. But in a tragic twist, the rollback fails for Sarah, leaving her in her eighties as the second message arrives. While Don tries to deal with his newfound youth and the suddenly vast age gap between him and his wife, Sarah struggles to do again what she'd done once before: figure out what a signal from the stars contain.
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But every once in a while a really nice juicy argument comes along and makes it all worth the while :)
Missed callsMissed Calls were (are?) a big part of the Indian (youth) culture when I was going through college. Cellphones were getting cheap enough for college kids to carry one, but call rates were not cheap in any sense of the word. In that situation missed calls were a legitimate form of communication.
- Giving missed calls to the "wealthy" party so they could call back and bear the cost of the call. This worked well with parents :D and sometimes with wealthy / generous friends.
- Giving missed calls to indicate yes / no (one ring = yes, two = no). Useful in all manners of covert transactions including flirting with guys / girls from orthodox families that WOULD NOT allow calls from friends of the opposite sex. err... yes this is true.
- Giving missed calls to indicate "I'm here". When you were meeting a friend and expected him/her to come down / out of the house so you can get going, you don't go to the house. That's weird; a waste of time; a thing to avoid at all costs (exchanging pleasantaries with the friend's family, having a bit of snack / tea offered to you, sharing awkward silence with your friend's super cute sibling, etc). So you give a missed call meaning "Waiting downstairs. Let's go."
A question of ethics!?Apparently the US is new to all this. No one in the US gives missed calls. People just talk. How boring. But when this subject came up couple of weeks back in the TW NY Office, one of the arguments presented was around ethics!! The argument was something like this...
Although the missed call is free to you, the telecom company incurs cost to connect the call and so it is unethical to use missed calls to communicate because you are not paying the telephone company!!My very first reaction was, of course, "That's a ridiculous argument!!". After thinking about it long and hard I my reaction changed to "It really is a ridiculous argument!!". I vehemently believe that missed calls are legitimate and you are a fool not to use them. You are totally within your rights & not doing anything illegal. Its the contract that the phone company signed up for and so if you can legitimately use the exploit in the system. I consider is "Fair Use". (listen to that regardless; its a masterpiece)
Its not like the phone companies don't know about this. They can't do anything because of a deadlock in a competitive market. If one of them starts monetizing missed calls the others will eat it alive and gain significant market shares.
The catchThere is however a roadblock I faced while making this argument. I was looking for other examples of this behavior (using the free part of a service to gain benefit) and I couldn't find a single one! I know its impossible but you have to help me out here. Missed calls are at stake! Is this really the last legitimate exploit that we have on out hands? Are we so boring? Say its not true...
UPDATE: A friend pointed me to this episode of "This American Life" that explores the question of loopholes and ethics at a much deeper level than missed calls.


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A Journey of Light through Space and Time
This artist's animation depicts the "life" of a photon, or particle of light, as it travels across space and time, from the very early universe to the Planck satellite.
Transcript:Just 370,000 years after the universe began in a big bang, all that existed was a hot plasma, similar to a candle flame. Protons and electrons, seen as the red and green balls, were bouncing around scattering the light. The particles of light, called photons (shown in blue), couldn't go far without colliding with an electron.
As the universe cooled, the protons and electrons could pair up, forming hydrogen atoms, and the light was free to travel. It's been traveling freely ever since. Through the dark ages before there were stars ... then past the formation of the first stars.
As the universe expanded the photons lost energy, changing color. They went past clusters of galaxies. The path of the photon is slightly bent by the gravity of the clusters. Now and then, going through a cluster an electron (that green ball) would collide with some of the photons. They would change their path. Past more matter ... More little wiggles due to gravity, mass.
The photons traveled for 13.8 billion years before they reached the Planck detectors and died a glorious death, giving up the information that they had gleaned passing through the entire universe to our instruments and enabling us to make this beautiful map of the universe.


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A feature film adaptation of author Laura Hillenbrand's non-fiction bestseller Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption has been a coveted property essentially since the book hit shelves, and now it looks like the pic may finally be moving forward. Universal Pictures acquired the book rights back in January of 2011 for Francis Lawrence to direct and Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart) set to write the script. The studio subsequently brought on Richard LaGravenese (P.S. I Love You) to take over scripting duties the following March, but movement has been quiet ever since.
The book tells the incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, a former Olympian and WWII bombardier whose plane crashed at sea in 1943. Zamperini and two crewmates floated adrift for 47 days and 2000 miles, eventually finding themselves caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a POW camp where Zamperini was targeted by a sadistic overseer. The project has now gained some strong momentum, as Angelina Jolie is being targeted to take the helm. Hit the jump for more.
Per Deadline, Jolie is in final negotiations with Universal and Walden Media to direct the feature film adaptation. Universal first bought Zamperini's life rights back in the 1950s, so this project has been a very long time coming. The most recent draft of the script was written by Gladiator and Les Miserables scribe William Nicholson, and Jolie will oversee the fine-tuning of the script as production is expected to begin next year.
This will mark Jolie's second film as a director, following last year's Bosnian War drama In the Land of Blood and Honey. Apparently the Oscar-winning actress fought hard to land the job, beating out a number of other directors who were gunning to take the helm. It's definitely an amazing story, and Jolie showed true talent behind the camera with Blood and Honey so hopefully she'll be able to turn out something special.
Read the full synopsis for Unbroken below:
On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.
The lieutenant's name was Louis Zamperini. In boyhood, he'd been a cunning and incorrigible delinquent, breaking into houses, brawling, and fleeing his home to ride the rails. As a teenager, he had channeled his defiance into running, discovering a prodigious talent that had carried him to the Berlin Olympics and within sight of the four-minute mile. But when war had come, the athlete had become an airman, embarking on a journey that led to his doomed flight, a tiny raft, and a drift into the unknown.
Ahead of Zamperini lay thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft, and, beyond, a trial even greater. Driven to the limits of endurance, Zamperini would answer desperation with ingenuity; suffering with hope, resolve, and humor; brutality with rebellion. His fate, whether triumph or tragedy, would be suspended on the fraying wire of his will. [Amazon]


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Drink lemonade, save a lion.
That, more or less, was the pitch made by two Gold Coast kids who set up a beverage stand on their front porch during this year's Air and Water Show to benefit the Lincoln Park Zoo's anti-rabies program near Tanzania's Serengeti National Park.
Deven Esselman, 9, and his sister, Ava, 7, made a sign that said, "Support vaccinations in the Serengeti, Serengeti Health Initiative," added a zoo logo and affixed it to the front of the coffee table from which they sold fresh-squeezed lemonade at $2 a glass.
Deven "has been obsessed with animals" since 4, when he visited the Serengeti, one of the world's great wildlife reserves, said his father, education consultant David Esselman.
Attending camp at the zoo this summer, he learned about the Serengeti project and became "really clear about doing (the lemonade stand) and, frankly, he had to convince his sister that it was important to give any of the money away," Esselman said.
Refreshment seekers who were curious about the cause got to hear the story from the Esselman kids. And the zoo got an unexpected donation of $100 (plus a matching gift from their parents).
Meanwhile, from the North Shore, Dr. Susan Sherman has backed the program in a more conventional manner. She's a veterinarian and a zoo board member, and the project's combination of human and animal health benefits appealed to her.
"This struck me as a success story ... Our little Lincoln Park Zoo is impacting the world," Sherman said, explaining why she has contributed "substantial" funding to the project.
The zoo is happy to accept both contributions to the Serengeti Health Initiative, which vaccinates domestic dogs against rabies in towns adjacent to the park and has been successful in protecting people and park wildlife from deadly viruses.
Kevin Bell, Lincoln Park Zoo's CEO, is pleased not only to save some of the $110,000 the project would have cost the zoo last year, but to have a project that attracts donors.
Sherman, he said, "actually got up at our annual meeting and gave a short presentation" on the project, he said. "Her passion for this is exactly what you hope for."
And the Esselman kids, their father said, got a face-to-face meeting with Bell, the head zookeeper, a job Deven aspires to someday.
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SHANE Watson is expected to put family before country and could miss a Test match during the tour of India to fly home for the birth of his first child, creating another dilemma for national selectors.
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Watson and his wife, Lee Furlong, are expecting their first child in March. The vice-captain, a likely inclusion if fit to tour the subcontinent, may sit out the third or fourth Test, though he could play both games if his wife gives birth between matches.
Ricky Ponting missed the second Test on a tour of Sri Lanka in 2011 for the birth of his second child.
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Such a move would break up Cowan's partnership with David Warner, which was last year's most prolific opening pair in world cricket, and possibly endanger the adopted Tasmanian's position in the XI.
Watson had said prior to his move from opener in late 2011 that his preferred position was at the top of the order.
Used primarily as partnership breaker towards the end of Ponting's reign as captain, Watson was able to stay injury free for two years after earning an international recall in the 2009 Ashes series. But he has struggled to cope with the extra bowling workload placed on him by Michael Clarke in the past 18 months.
Although John Inverarity's panel is now judging Watson as a specialist batsman rather than bowler it is keen for him to resume bowling.
Watson, who has taken 48 wickets at 28 since his return in 2009, will not bowl in the next two months but the door remains ajar for him to play a role with the ball in the Ashes later this year, though it's unlikely he will bowl extensively as he has this summer. The 31-year-old is aiming to return for the one-day series against West Indies, starting on February 1, but he could also make a comeback via the Sheffield Shield.
Meanwhile, Hilfenhaus has been withdrawn from the Hobart Hurricanes' squad as he continues to recover from a side strain he sustained last month.
The move has diminished Hilfenhaus' chances of inclusion in Australia's touring party for India next month.
The Tasmanian swingman, who has been overtaken by state teammate Jackson Bird in the national pecking order, is eyeing a return on January 27 in the Tigers' one-day game against Queensland in Brisbane.
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"He probably won't be fit by then, he won't have bowled enough," Tasmanian coach Tim Coyle said.
"[They're] probably targeting the Ashes now, I reckon for him. There'll be more injuries and players will break down, he's just got to get himself right this time.
"If he gets back to his best I'm sure they'll want to take him."
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However, in the wake of the state Public Service Board granting approval for erection of wind-testing towers in Windham, Selectboard Chairwoman Mary Boyer also said the permitting process has been a valuable experience.
"Although we were hoping that the PSB would support our right to determine our own land use as the governor has suggested, that is not to be at this time," Boyer said in a statement sent to the Reformer.
"In the process, we have learned a lot, we have not been divided as a community, we had excellent legal advice and we even had the full support of the Public Service Department," Boyer stated. "We had people from around the state reaching out to us and offering encouragement."
She added: "Not at all bad for one of the tiniest towns in Vermont."
Atlantic Wind LLC in June first disclosed its intention to build two meteorological-testing (MET) towers in Windham and another in Grafton.
Depending on the weather data those towers produce, they could be the precursor for construction of Windham County's first commercial-scale turbines. Such a project would be subject to its own permitting process.
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"We appreciate the board's willingness to see the value in measuring the wind," Iberdrola spokesman Paul Copleman said in a prepared statement.
"We look forward to working with the French family in measuring the wind in order to assess whether a renewable wind project is a viable option," Copleman said. "We also look forward to working with the towns of Windham and Grafton in a collaborative way to pursue a future that works for the communities and the region."
Boyer said she has not yet had a chance to speak with other members of Windham's Selectboard and members of the planning commission to determine what the town's next steps might be.
Grafton town officials have not taken a formal position on the project, instead seeking more information on wind power and arranging a tour of a turbine site in Lempster, N.H.
But a group of residents calling themselves Friends of Grafton's Heritage oppose the Atlantic Wind project and have sought to amend the town's plan to prohibit industrial-scale wind.
Liisa Kissel, a leader of that group, said she was "very disappointed" with the Public Service Board's decision.
"We thought there was a strong possibility that the board would not approve of Iberdrola's application," Kissel said.
She said the group would continue to push for town-plan amendments in an effort to "protect our town against this very inappropriate facility."
Kissel also said she backs a statewide moratorium on wind power, an initiative that also has support from Windham town officials. Kissel noted that there has been discussion about a moratorium among some state lawmakers.
"We hope there is a renewed attempt to look seriously at the situation," she said.
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Spurned Lotte's eldest son sues exec
SEOUL (The Korea Herald/ANN) - Shin Dong-joo, the eldest son of Lotte Group Founder Shin Kyuk-ho, wages a sideline attack against his younger brother as part of a long-running sibling power struggle.
Shin Dong-joo, the spurned eldest son of Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho on Thursday said he has sued an executive of Lotte Japan.
Shin Dong-joo, currently the head of SDC Corp., held a press conference at Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo to announce that he has filed a damage suit against Takayaki Sukuda.
Dong-joo said the executive had fed his father false or exaggerated facts about him to sully his reputation and ultimately cost him his job.
"I cannot say the exact amount, but the suit was filed to cover the damages I suffered including unpaid wages, severance pay and others," said Dong-joo.
He also said he must be reinstated in order for Lotte to "get back on track."
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Responding to questions about his relationship with his father, Dong-joo said they had not had a chance to talk things over.
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The world depends on mariners. Mariners depend on SCI. And we depend on you.
On May 7, 2012, SCI President and Executive Director the Rev. David M. Rider participated in the TD Five Boro Bike Tour to raise funds and awareness for seafarers' health.
Photos by the Rev. David Rider, President & Executive Director
The Seamen's Church Institute cares for the hardworking men and women of maritime commerce, but our mission would not be possible without the help of individuals, churches, corporations and foundations that work with SCI to meet their needs.


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UK's Science and Religion Forum: 2012 Conference: 'The soul – can the concept of the soul still have meaning?'
Regent's Park College, Oxford
from late afternoon on Thursday 6 September to lunchtime on Saturday 8 September 2012.
The programme will follow the usual pattern and includes the Annual Gowland Lecture, a number of plenary lectures on the conference theme, and a short-paper session of 15-minute presentations by Forum members. The programme will also include a conference dinner, and there will be an early morning service of worship for those who are interested. The Forum's AGM will take place during the Conference.
The conference fees (for full board) will be as follows:
SRF members £230
Non-members £260
Students £110
Bursaries will be offered for those who have been members of the Forum for at least six months and have no financial assistance from employers or sponsors (bursaries will probably be worth £60 which would reduce the fee to £170.
Further details: http://www.srforum.org/
Revd Dr Arthur Peacocke
The Peacocke Student Essay Prize
In memory of its founding President and former Chairman, the Revd Dr Arthur Peacocke, the Science and Religion Forum offers a prize for an essay directly relevant to the theme of its annual conference.
Congratulations to George H. Medley III, winner of the 2011 Peacocke Prize.
The competition is open to all students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and the closing date is July 31st 2012.
Details of 2012 prize to follow soon at UK's Science and Religion Forum http://www.srforum.org/


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Portugal's main man went down without much of a fight—one garbage time goal in four games—but he let his saliva do the talking as his team left the field and the tournament. Video included below.
I suppose we should be grateful that he didn't actually spit on the cameraman, or make angry love to him, but for those who aren't fans of Ronaldo's uh ... theatricality ... this little display will keep them warm for a few months. Did we mention that it's winter in South Africa?
Cristiano Ronaldo's spitting mad after Portugal exit [Daily Mail; Thanks to Andrew for the video]


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Netflix stock: Fold this house of cardsFebruary 7, 2013: 12:38 PM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
Qwikster, shmikster! Netflix (NFLX) is back!
Shares have nearly doubled so far this year and aren't far below where they were in mid-September of 2011.
If you've stuck with Netflix shares since those dark days of price hikes, subscriber defections and the ill-fated (and quickly abandoned) plan to rebrand the slowly dying DVD-by-mail service as Qwikster, you must be happy. Vindication may soon be here. Or will it?
I've written several times about why I think Netflix is overvalued. If you want to say that I'm wrong and don't know what I'm talking about because the stock has continued to surge, go ahead. But I'm Tom Petty. I won't back down. Netflix is trading at 160 times 2013 earnings estimates. That is not sustainable.
Sure, analysts have been busy raising their earnings forecasts now that the company has stopped the subscriber bleeding. But any investor looking to buy Netflix now, thinking that it's nothing but clear skies ahead, should look closely at this next series of charts.
This is what Netflix has done this year.
But investors rejoicing the Netflix double need to remember that the same thing happened with the stock at the beginning of last year. Exactly a year ago, Netflix hit a year-to-date intraday high of $133.43.
At that time, many analysts and investors were quick to declare that the worst was over for Netflix. But February 7 turned out to be the peak for Netflix's price last year.
Concerns resurfaced about how much money it was spending on international expansion, the cost of securing new deals with big media companies for content, and increased competition from the likes of Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), the Verizon (VZ)-Coinstar (CSTR) Redbox streaming joint venture, and Hulu, the online video firm owned by media giants News Corp. (NWSA), Walt Disney (DIS) and Comcast (CMCSA).
As a result, the floor quickly fell out from under Netflix in the spring, and shares plunged a staggering 60% by early August.
Now Netflix has once again come roaring back. This year's rally is merely an extension of the surge that began last summer. Netflix bottomed out on hopes that new content deals, most notably a big one with Walt Disney, meant that the company was clearly going to remain the leader in streaming video.
Related: Netflix inks Disney deal, but no new films 'til 2016
More recently, investors have been excited about the fact that Netflix has its own content to lure new subscribers, such as the Kevin Spacey show "House of Cards" and the long-awaited return of "Arrested Development", the cult comedy Fox canceled after three seasons.
So when you review all these charts, you should quickly realize that Netflix is not a stock for investors. It's really only one that hyper-vigilant day traders could love. Netflix has been a volatile stock and will likely remain so as long as it's a top target of short sellers. It can get squeezed higher on modestly good news when bearish investors rush to buy the stock to cover their positions.
And it often moves (to quote Bono) in mysterious ways on news that really isn't news. The latest example? There are hopes that Netflix will be added to the Nasdaq-100 once Dell (DELL) goes private. That could happen. But Netflix actually was in the index last year ... and was removed from it in December because of the stock's big drop.
Take a step back and look at this last chart of Netflix's performance over the past three years and change. Even with the ginormous rally year-to-date, the stock is still well below the all-time high it hit in July 2011.
Netflix may very well get back there one day. But it will likely be a nauseating ride.


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Dementia covers a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memory or other cognitive skills that interfere with a person's everyday activities. Noticing it early on can make a significant difference in both the short-term and the long-run.
Benefits of early detection
Recognizing the difference between normal, age-related changes in cognitive skills and dementia-related changes is important for a number of reasons. For starters, a diagnosis sometimes points to dementia-like symptoms that stem from reversible conditions. Those conditions include depression, medication side effects, excessive alcohol use, thyroid problems and vitamin deficiencies.
Even when a dementia diagnosis points to a non-reversible condition, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's or vascular dementia, there are still benefits to an early diagnosis. Treatment can improve symptoms and even slow the progression of the disease, helping to keep the person diagnosed functional for longer, particularly with early diagnosis.
Additionally, if a medical evaluation turns up high blood pressure, high cholesterol or uncontrolled diabetes, a healthcare provider can devise a treatment plan to reduce the impact of those conditions—left unattended, they can accelerate diseases like Alzheimer's and vascular dementia.
An early diagnosis can also help people with dementia and their families prepare for challenges they'll face as symptoms progress. Support groups provide an opportunity to interact with others who are facing similar challenges can reduce the stress of facing them alone.
An early diagnosis also enables people to participate in their own legal, financial and long-term care planning. Letting family members know their wishes can reduce the stress for everyone and make the present a much more enjoyable place to live.
Warning signs
Everyone forgets an appointment now and then, but when it becomes the norm or isn't remembered later, it's important to take note. This also holds true when planning and coordinating a daily routine becomes an issue, and when basic problem-solving skills seem to be dwindling. Memory loss that regularly disrupts daily life merits a visit to the doctor.
Dementia can also cause a person to increasingly feel confused, suspicious, depressed, fearful or anxious. The feelings can cause someone to withdraw from social interactions—another symptom to notice.
Slowing the progress
While there's no cure for dementia yet, there are initiatives people can take to reduce their risk for dementia, or to slow the progress of their symptoms if they've already been diagnosed.
Exercise leads the list. As little as 20 minutes a day of walking is associated with improved cognitive function—the brisker the better, but a stroll still beats sitting.
A healthy diet that includes lots of fruits, vegetables and whole grains can boost the brain's ability to fight off damaging chemicals. More specifically, studies show that a diet containing high quantities of leafy vegetables like spinach and cruciferous vegetables like broccoli can slow the rate of cognitive decline. The Mediterranean diet has also been associated with a lower risk of various age-related diseases including dementia. Learn more about the diet here.
Brain games not only increase the connection and response between brain cells, they can also slightly increase the number of cells. Crossword puzzles, Sodoku and other games that work memory and logic are great options, and you can find great online brain games on AARP.org, Luminosity and many others.
Bottom line: Early detection of dementia is beneficial for you, your loved one and the rest of your family.
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Premiums for long-term-care insurance are on the rise. A few of the major companies have applied for permission from state insurance commissioners to raise their rates by as much as 40 percent.
Premiums for long-term-care insurance are on the rise. A few of the major companies have applied for permission from state insurance commissioners to raise their rates by as much as 40 percent.
One reason is a slowdown in sales –– in some cases, sales have fallen more than 20 percent over the past five years –– and higher-than-expected lapse rates among policy holders.
It is possible that many policy holders simply refuse to pay the higher rates requested by some insurers. A second theory would be that insurance companies are underestimating the risk and expected increases in longevity. This theory, ironically, builds a case for exactly why one may want to consider long-term-care insurance.
What alternatives are there to avoid future premium increases? Most long-term-care insurance is quoted in the premium mode that would have you paying for life. These are most susceptible to future premium increases.
A "10-pay'" policy, which would require a much larger annual outlay of cash, is fully paid for in 10 years. The company can, of course, still apply for a premium rate increase within the 10 years, and you could pay more. But at least that exposure is only going to last for the remaining years of the 10-year commitment. This shorter payment period may make sense for younger applicants or business owners who may be able to deduct some or all of the premiums.
A second alternative may be one of the new hybrid life/long-term-care policies now sold by companies. These policies are basically life insurance policies that are designed to provide long-term-care benefits during your lifetime. These policies generally require a large cash deposit from the policy holder, but they have characteristics that are very different from most life policies.
With that deposit, you are buying three benefits. First is the promise by the insurer to pay long-term-care benefits should you become sick and qualify. Second is some life insurance benefit. The amount of the death benefit is more than your initial deposit, but it will never have the leverage of a typical life policy.
The third benefit is the one that people generally like the most: The policy holder's ability to surrender the policy at any time and receive a full refund of premiums paid. With interest rates at all-time lows, this alternative has been attractive to those reluctant to pay premiums on traditional long-term-care policies.
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OCEAN CITY — After a solid first season in 2011, the Maryland State Police (MSP) will continue the forward deployment of a medevac helicopter in Ocean City this summer to be used in partnership with the Ocean City Beach Patrol (OCBP).
This year, however, the helicopter will be stationed even closer to the action for faster responses.
"It's actually at the Coast Guard station," said OCBP Captain Butch Arbin. "We can be deployed many minutes faster."
During the forward deployment program's initial run last year, a medevac chopper was housed at the Ocean City airport weekends during the summer. This allowed MSP Aviation to work closely with OCBP rescue swimmers and respond much faster than possible when the choppers are at their typical Salisbury base. This year, that response time was further reduced when MSP decided to base at the coast guard station Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays this summer.
Arbin also pointed out that keeping a helicopter in Ocean City can be even more important in the case of storms.
"You can have bad weather between here and Salisbury," he said.
Even if skies are too rough to fly through between the two cities, Arbin added that weather could be clear enough within Ocean City itself to allow a chopper to preform rescues.
While no water rescues involving the MSP chopper were needed last year, Arbin still deemed the forward deployment program a success because of the infrastructure that is being laid in the event of an actual emergency.
"The success of it was that we got 12 people fully trained and fully equipped," he said.
Last week OCBP guards got a refresher course on working with the chopper. Though it was only a re-orientation, Arbin emphasized the need to have anyone working with a medevac helicopter familiar and comfortable with what they need to do.
"Practice is to repeat something so many times it becomes second nature," he said.
Besides potentially being used to deploy rescue swimmers from OCBP, the chopper is available for medevac transports as well as to assist police searches. And while Arbin is happy that the forward deployment program is running again this year, he explained that MSP Aviation will soon bring even more to the table when they upgrade their fleet of choppers over the next year.
"It's a bigger aircraft, it's newer," said MSP Aviation representative TFC Barry Garver of the incoming 8W139 helicopter, which are expected this winter and featured enhanced medical equipment.


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As a career Navy sailor, I spent a lot of time away from home when our two daughters were in the toddler/elementary school age. I learned early that trying to single-handedly change ANYTHING when I returned home would be unfair to the family, stupid on my part, and ultimately futile. My lady instilled fairness, love, and intellegence in both our girls, and I couldn't be prouder of the way they turned out. Me, make a unilateral declaration in my capacity as "head of the house"? Not on these deckplates, mate!
You make some great points in your thesis. I am new here too, so "hello" TAA and Celeste. I think you are correct about the social control aspect of religion, and particularly its use in the furtherance of patriarchal power and rigid reinforcement of gender and gender stereotypes. Another interesting observation is how most religions hold women responsible for the inability of some men to control themselves. If, for example, Taliban men were as strong in their belief as they profess, why must women be veiled or totally covered? Surely they could walk round without a stitch of clothing and be perfectly safe from unwanted attention if the males were as devout as they claim. It is a combination of mysogyny and control.
I was raised Fundamentalist.
In so doing, I was raised to believe the best woman I could be was the Proverbs 31 woman. Let's take a look at her, bearing in mind that the proverb is attributed to King Solomon, who had six wives, 800 concubines, and still managed to commit adultery.
It starts off saying "Who can find a virtuous woman, for her price is far above rubies?" Then states that the only woman of virtue works her hands to the bone feeding and clothing her family and her servants, "with her own hands she planteth a vineyard", manages household money, and her "candle goeth not out by night".
All the while, her husband "is known in the gates when he sits among the elders of the land".
Well, who's really running that household while the man of the house is traipsing about the town square? And she's still expected to sex him up at night, and "riseth up while it is yet night" to do it all over again.
I say, screw that. If I have to do all that work and _still_ not be considered worthy of being heard in matters of home _or_ church, I'll just be one of the worthless, non-virtuous women.
I think the sexism is *one* of the things to hate about religion in general, but it isn't just the big 3, it goes further back than that, a lot (not all) ancient religions were pretty sexist too. . .
but i have to say that i realized i was an atheist when i realized that god doesn't exist not when i realized that the church is sexist. . .
Here's another example of religion being used to oppress women. This would almost bev funny if it weren't going to be enforced by the Saudi religious police.
"Saudi women with attractive eyes may be forced to cover even them up, if resolution is passed" http://t.co/Q3Ply2MT
Religion was created by people to make some sense of the world and the shortness of life. Soon it was also used to control people and make them resign themselves to their fate.Men figured out they could control and own women and children with religion.
Women are scary things to men because they can produce life, nurture and feed it, not to mention take more pain than most men have ever considered exists in this life. How terrifying that must be to them. Their own 30 second contribution must seem like nothing much to them in comparison. Women who allow others to control them through religion are losing out on being empowered, IMO.
That being said, I like to have someone control me at times. That's my choice. I chose someone I trust and respect and who (this is KEY) trusts and respects ME.
Though I was raised in a very restrictive religion. It didn't take me long to see the bull shit being done. If the religion wasn't fair for all and wasn't enforced evenly, I had problems with it.
When my parents split up, that allowed me to have more freedom of all kinds. I embraced that with joy and enjoyed learning about many things that had been shielded from me.
For a while I was not sure about religion and god but once my father was terminal, I became quite certain. Even so, I soothed him with his favorite songs and verses.
Later I even considered going through catechism in the episcopal for the legal benefit of my kids. Once my ex husband died (oh happy day!) I was no longer worried about court action of his cult vrs a "respectable" religion and was totally free again.
Over the years I've honed my freethinking. I've been in the closet about so many things. My diet which is veggie, my freethinking, my sexual orientation which is D/s and bi curious but now I can be more out in private at least. (Business might suffer.)
When my daughter came out as gay, that also allowed me to be a bit more free. Because what I wouldn't do for myself I will do for her. Mama Lion here! LOL
I think churches can serve as good meeting places and offer charity and good works in the community. However, I'm totally against any institution generally speaking. I think "missionary work" has negatively corrupted almost all of our known world.


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PLYMOUTH — In a partial defeat for the socially conservative wing of the Massachusetts GOP, the Republican State Committee effectively rejected the national party platform's strict language on abortion Tuesday night.
By a voice vote, the committee voted overwhelmingly to endorse Mitt Romney's presidential platform as an addition to the current state party platform.
While the national platform condemns abortion without mentioning any exceptions for rape and incest, the Romney campaign had voiced support for such exceptions during the presidential race.
"Really, it's a lot more moderate," state GOP spokesman Tim Buckley said of the Romney platform, after the vote. "It's a lot more focused on jobs and the economy."
The Romney platform was far from a repudiation of socially conservative values, however. The former governor went on record opposing same-sex marriage.
In September, the state committee voted to table a vote until after the election. In addition to the antiabortion language, the national platform also rejects gay marriage. By contrast, the current state platform, adopted two years ago, does not address abortion and makes no mention of gay marriage.
Buckley said it was unclear how the state platform committee would address the gay marriage question going forward.
The language of the national platform had caused controversy in Massachusetts, where Republican candidates have traditionally found success on socially moderate stances.
Richard Tisei, an openly gay Republican who failed by a narrow margin to unseat US Representative John F. Tierney, in September urged the state committee to reconsider taking up the national plan.
And Senator Scott Brown, who worked to burnish his moderate credentials with voters during his failed reelection bid, criticized the platform in a letter he sent in August to Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus.
On Tuesday, former lieutenant governor Kerry Healey, now a national party committeewoman, did not directly address the national platform in her remarks to the state group. She did say, however, that the party has to be inclusive.
"As a party, we need everyone under the tent," she said. "We need to bring in the libertarians, we need to bring in the moderates. . . . They all need to be treated equally, and they all need to be treated with respect."
Healey added, "If we let anyone divide us, even ourselves, we will lose and we've seen that and it's a heartbreaking situation."
Some backers of the national platform said the state party should not shy away from what they said were core conservative values.
"We cannot go wrong if we focus on a message of life, liberty, and property," said Dave Kopacz Sr., president of the Massachusetts Republican Assembly, a conservative advocacy group.
He said there is something wrong "with a person who cannot have the most basic respect for human life. We've got to stop letting liberals define that for us when we adopt" a platform.
Robert A. Maginn Jr., the state party chairman, said by endorsing the Romney platform, the state GOP is "able to stand behind what he was trying to do."
Traditionally, the state party adopts a platform, essentially an outline of its guiding principles, every four years.
Kevin Franck, a spokesman for the state Democratic Party, said his party would welcome a GOP blueprint based on Romney's, noting that the former governor lost his home state by a wide margin on Election Day.
"If the Massachusetts Republican Party is embracing the Mitt Romney agenda, the Massachusetts Democratic Party is perfectly happy with that."
Stephanie Ebbert of the Globe staff contributed to this report. Travis Andersen can be reached at email@example.com .